We all know how a perfectly quiet life can be turned on its head by a disaster or an accident, natural or man-made. No matter their nature, such things are also something that brings people together, ...

Aerodynamics in ground effect vehicles has become a focal point for contemporary research due to its substantial potential to enhance lift, reduce drag and improve overall vehicle performance. This ...

So Riley cobbles together some powered paddle wheels, and fits them near the front of a series of ground effect vehicle prototypes to give them a kick of speed every time they touch down instead of ...

A new ekranoplan, or ground-effect vehicle, design emerging from China was first noted earlier this week. Now a new image offers our first look at the whole airframe. An ekranoplan, derived from the ...

“XM-30 is being built through a modular open standard that allows us, in theory, to more rapidly replace components, which allows us to modernize more quickly,” Maj. Gen. Glenn Dean, the program ...

The video shows how Liberty Lifter can combine heavy-lift transport at the scale of a ship with the speed of an aircraft for fast logistics missions in a sea environment. Aurora Flight Sciences, which ...

The Ekranoplan concept was born in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War. Its design stemmed from the discovery of the ground effect, a phenomenon in which an aircraft flying close to a ...

All-electric seaglider manufacturer Regent Craft will deliver its first 50-100-passenger Monarch seaglider to United Marine Egypt (UME) Shipping before the end of the decade. The vessel is an ...